The 10th NKP Salve Challenger Trophy was an Indian domestic cricket tournament that was held in Mumbai from 7 February to 10 February 2005. The series involved the domestic and national players from India who were allocated in India Seniors, India A, and India B. India A defeated India Seniors by 6 wickets in the final to become the champions of the tournament.[2]

Squads

India India Seniors [3] India India A [4] India India B [5]

Points Table

Pos Team Pld W L NR Pts NRR
1 India India A 2 2 0 0 8 0.240
2 India India Seniors 2 1 1 0 4 0.146
3 India India B 2 0 2 0 0 −0.396
Source: [citation needed]

Matches

Group stage

7 February 2005
[6]
India Seniors India
280/9(50 overs)
v
India India A
286/4 (49.4 overs)
Yuvraj Singh 100 (91)
Dinesh Mongia 4/48 (10 overs)
Dheeraj Jadhav 79 (109)
Rajesh Pawar 2/55 (10 overs)
India A won by 6 wickets.
Wankhede Stadium, Mumbai
Umpires: Krishna Hariharan (IND) and Ivaturi Shivram (IND)
  • India Seniors won the toss and elected to bat.
  • Points: India A 4, India Seniors 0

8 February 2005
[7]
India B India
275 (50 overs)
v
India India Seniors
278/2 (46.4 overs)
VVS Laxman 67 (69)
Lakshmipathy Balaji 4/66 (10 overs)
Shikhar Dhawan 126 (124)
Amit Bhandari 2/45 (10 overs)
India Seniors won by 8 wickets.
Wankhede Stadium, Mumbai
Umpires: Tej Handu (IND) and Arani Jayaprakash (IND)
  • India B won the toss and elected to bat.
  • Points: India Seniors 4, India B 0

9 February 2005
[8]
India A India
294/9 (50 overs)
v
India India B
204 (36.5 overs)
Rahul Dravid 115 (96)
Ashish Nehra 3/43 (10 overs)
Robin Uthappa 66 (48)
Murali Kartik 3/26 (5.5 overs)
Dinesh Mongia 3/47 (10 overs)
India A won by 90 runs.
Wankhede Stadium, Mumbai
Umpires: Ivaturi Shivram (IND) and Tej Handu (IND)
  • India B won the toss and elected to bat.
  • Points: India A 4, India B 0

Final

10 February 2005
[9]
India Seniors India
211 (47.2 overs)
v
India India A
212/4 (48.4 overs)
Niraj Patel 65 (66)
RP Singh 3/42 (9 overs)
Rahul Dravid 72* (102)
Lakshmipathy Balaji 2/49 (9 overs)
India A won by 6 wickets.
Wankhede Stadium, Mumbai
Umpires: Arani Jayaprakash (IND) and Krishna Hariharan (IND)
  • India Seniors won the toss and elected to bat.
  • India A became the winners of the NKP Salve Challenger Trophy 2004/05.

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